Angels call up Carlos Perez

[rafibomb]

Angels â€@Angels  6s

6 seconds agoAnaheim, CA

Today the #Angels recalled C Carlos Perez from Triple-A Salt Lake and designated C Drew Butera for assignment.

 

[SoWhat]

@Alden_Gonzalez: Drew Butera DFA'd, Carlos Perez up. #Angels

[fan_since79]

YES!!

 

Front office making a much needed move!

Edited May 4, 2015 by fan_since79

[Angel Dog and Beer]

The Butera era has ended.  Perez, come on down.

[jsnpritchett]

I never could figure out why they got Butera in the first place. 

[DMVol]

Perez gets his chance....forced his way into the equation....

[nando714]

This might be an Ibanez moment like last season.

now we take off

[rafibomb]

I will try my best to tamper expectations.

[fan_since79]

Iannetta should get fewer at-bats now as he tries to work out his hitting problems safely in a batting cage.

[Chuck]

About time!! 

[AngelsSurfer]

Whooo! About time. Best of luck to Butera but Perez should have been there since opening day.

[nikkachez]

Get rid of Butera- check

Call up Perez- check

 

Figure out what's wrong with Weaver and add 2-3 more bats- .....

[2112]

So Perez will start tonight?

[AngelsSurfer]

Next on the agenda should be getting rid of Joyce...

[LAA Road Tripper]

Iannetta was playing so poorly that Butera got DFA'd. OK.

[WallyWorld]

Iannetta was playing so poorly that Butera got DFA'd. OK.

 

yup - Drew can thank Iannetta's unbelievable suckiness for being out of a job now. Butera actually performed pretty much like any reasonable person would expect, it's just Iannetta has been so god-awful. Tough break.

[JAHV76]

I wish Perez well and hope he contributes immediately

[Hollyw00d]

Butera is CI's fall guy. Its tough not being a made man

[Bobster7587]

Nice! Wasn't expecting this move so soon. Hope Perez does well. 

[eligrba]

I just hope that Perez gets as good an opportunity to establish himself as Ianetta has this season.

[ukyah]

echoing others' sentiments, i never understood the signing in the first place.

[Ray McKigney]

Iannetta sucks.

[stormngt]

Angels â€@Angels  6s

6 seconds agoAnaheim, CA

Today the #Angels recalled C Carlos Perez from Triple-A Salt Lake and designated C Drew Butera for assignment.

it was only a matter of time.

[stormngt]

Iannetta was playing so poorly that Butera got DFA'd. OK.

it is sad, but that is exactly it.  

[AngelsSurfer]

I agree that Ianetta's struggles have everything to do with this - the other options would have been to put Ianetta on the DL (and I'm actually a little surprised they didn't) or DFA Ianetta (and they probably were not going to do that to a team veteran a month into the season). However, Butera's got a .190 ERA right now and hasn't really been a defensive wizard, AND he's the newbie so he didn't have proven past success with the Angels to look at, as Ianetta does...so he really hasn't been doing much to cement his spot on the team. Even if Ianetta had been batting .300, with Perez doing so well in SLC, it might have just been a matter of time before this happened.

Edited May 4, 2015 by AngelsSurfer